Door-hanger



(No Model.)-

A. J. IVES.

DOOR HANGER.

No. 358,613. Patented Mar. l, 1887.

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ALBERT JULIUS IVES, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

DOORWH'ANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,613, dated March l, 1887.

Application filed July 29, 1886. Serial No. 209,457. (No model.)

'Z'O all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that l, ALBERT JULIUs Ives, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates te an improvement in hangers for sliding doors, and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a hanger for sliding doors, which is adapted to raise or lower the door slightly from the sus pending top rail, and thus prevent the door from binding and enabling it to be readily opened and closed.

This invention is an improvement upon Letters Patent oi the United States No. 343,994, granted to me J une 22, 1886; and the object of my present improvement is to provide the lower section otl the hanger with a depending lip and a set-screw extending through the said lip and entering the rear end of the lockingplate in order to attach the hanger iirmly to the locking-plate.

In the drawings, Figures l and 3 are side elevations, partly in section, of a hanger embodying my improvement attached to the upper edge of a door. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the saine. Fig. et is a bottom plan view.

A represents the sliding door, and B represents the usual supporting track-rails, which are secured in the top ofthe frame above the top of the door.

C represents the locking plate, which is screwed to the top edge of the door. This plate is recessed on its under side, and is pro vided on ils upper side with rectangular openings l), which communicate with one end of the recesses a. Open slots c are also made in the locking-plate, the said slots communicating at'one end with the openings b, as shown in Fig. 3.

D represents the hanger, which is composed of the upper section, e, and the lower section,

d. The opposing edges or sides of the upper and lower sections are beveled or inclined, as

shown, thereby making the said sections triangular in shape. The lower. section, d, is provided on its upper edge, on one side, with a groove, f, and communicating with this groove, at the centre of the upper side of the lower section, is an elongated slot, g. At the lower end of the inclined upper side of the section el is a projecting bracket, lz., and at the outer end of the lower section is a projection or stud, z'. The upper section, c, of the hanger is previded on its lower inclined side with an inwardly-extending tongue, p, which enters the groove f ofthe section d. From the lower side of the lowersection of the hanger depend studs m, which are provided with rectangular heads a, adapted to it the openings b of the plate C. The Shanks o of the studs are adapted to enter the slots o of the plate C, and thereby lock the heads m on the under sides or recesses of the said plate, and thus secure the hanger hrmly to the top of the door. The upper section of the hanger carries the usual rollers, S, which bear on the upper sides of the suspending track-rails B, and thus suspend the sliding door from the said rails and enable it to be readily opened and closed. A screw, r, eX- tends through the slot g and enters the tongue p, and thereby secures the upper section of the hanger rrnly to the lower section thereof, and permits the said upper section to be moved back and forth on the lower section a distance corresponding to the length of the slot g. As the opposing edges of the upper and lower sections of the hanger are beveled, it followsthat when the upper section is moved in one direction on the lower section the said upper section is raised, and when the latter is moved in the opposite direction the said upper section is lowered, thus rendering the hanger vertically adjustable.

t represents an adj usting-screw, which is swiveled in'au opening in the upper end of the bracket 7L of the lower section, and the threaded portion of the said adjusting-screw worksin a threaded portion, u, that is made in one end of the section e. By turning this screw in one direction the upper section is moved upwardly on the lower section, and by turning the said screw in the reverse direction the contrary result is effected. By this construction it will be readily understood that the ICO sliding door may be slightly raised or lowered to prevent it from binding against the upper or lower portion of the door-frame when the door swells under certain atmospheric conditions, thus enabling the door to be readily opened or closed at all times.

The construction hereinbefore shown and described is the same as that in my beforementioned patent, and I therefore make no claim to the same in this application.

In order to 'secure the lower section of the hanger to the plate C, so as to prevent the hanger from working loose from the said plate, I provide the lower section of the hanger, at its outer end, with a depending stud orlip, 7c, which extends downwardly kto the bottom surface of the plate C, and bears against the outer end of the said plate. I further provide a setscrew, 7c', which extends through an opening made in the depending lip or stud 7c, and enters an interiorly-threaded opening which is made in the outer end of the plate C. This screw and lip serve to very firmly attach the hanger to the plate C, and effectually prevent the hanger from working loose from the said plate.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The combination, with the plate having the recesses, of the hanger having the studs to enter the said recesses and secure the hanger to the plate, the said hanger being provided at one end with the depending lip or stud k, and the setscrew 7c', passing through the said lip or stud and entering the plate C, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto axed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT J ULIUS IVES.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES F. TYLER, FRANK A. TYLER. 

